Pratt & Whitney

Scott Fisher, Correspondent

Jay DeFrank, Pratt & Whitney's Vice President of Communications and Government Relations speaks as Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky employees hold a rally against planned defense spending cuts at their Corporate Park facility in Jupiter on Wednesday, August 8th, 2012. Florida is slated to lose 80,000 jobs if Congress cannot agree on a deficit reduction plan by the end of the year. Congressman Allen West delivered the keynote speech.

Jay DeFrank, Pratt & Whitney's Vice President of Communications and Government Relations speaks as Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky employees hold a rally against planned defense spending cuts at their Corporate Park facility in Jupiter on Wednesday, August 8th, 2012. Florida is slated to lose 80,000 jobs if Congress cannot agree on a deficit reduction plan by the end of the year. Congressman Allen West delivered the keynote speech. (Scott Fisher, Correspondent)

Jay DeFrank, Pratt & Whitney's Vice President of Communications and Government Relations speaks as Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky employees hold a rally against planned defense spending cuts at their Corporate Park facility in Jupiter on Wednesday, August 8th, 2012. Florida is slated to lose 80,000 jobs if Congress cannot agree on a deficit reduction plan by the end of the year. Congressman Allen West delivered the keynote speech.